Display device for hats



Sept- 1940- no. MILLER 2,213,677

DISPLAY DEVICE. FOR HATS Filed Aug. 5, 1939 J INVE'NTQR.

Ca agfldflflller M ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 3, 1940 PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR HATS David Miller, New York, N. Y., assignor to Miller Bros. Haj-.00., Incl, New York, N. Y., a, corporation of New York Application August 5,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to display devices for hats. The object of the invention is to provide a display device which is attractive, simple to make so-that it can be sold at a relatively low cost, display the largest number of hats at a. minimum of space, and be practical and efficient in its use. More particularly, the object is to display the hats to their best advantage, namely, at an angle, and yet enable each hat to be readily removed for more detail inspection.

The invention consists of-a cage having open compartments rotatably supported on a support for displaying the hats in the compartments, each compartment being formed by two concentric rings and a loop member to engage the hats, with or without uprights to complete and define the compartments. The invention thus consists of a loop member functioning to hold the rings in spaced relationship and to hold the hats.

The invention will be further described, embodiments thereof will be shown in the drawing, and the invention will be finally set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a display device embodying the invention, taken on line i-I of Figure 2;

Figure 2 is a top view thereof;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 4-4 of Figure l;

Figure 5 is a side view of the supporting stand, removed from the display cage; and

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the hat holder taken on line 65 of Figure 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the various views.

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Figure 5, the supporting stand consists of a central rod l0, passing through an opening of a central part of a spider ll, of four legs, the ends of which are secured by soldering or the like to a circular base ring l2 and central rod ill. The legs 13 are bent so as to extend centrally at an angle upwardly. Two rods l5 and l5a at right angles to each other have their ends secured by soldering or the like to the base ring l2. Thereby, a solid supporting stand is obtained, but it, per se, is not the invention, as it may be changed in any manner as long as the central rodlfi is maintained.

This central rod In is the pivot for a retaken on line 1939, Serial'No. 288,477

volving cage 20. This .cage 20 is made of thin rods or wire. Four uprights '21, at equidistant points of the circumference of a circle, are provided. Six horizontal rings 23 are then spaced from each other vertically, preferably equidistantly, the uppermost ring 24 at the uppermost ends of the uprights 2|, and the lowermost ring 25 at the lowermost ends of the uprights 2!. The other rings, 26, 21, '28 and 29, are spaced equally, preferably, therebetween. The uprights 2i and the rings 2 to 29 are connected with each other at their contacting portions by solder or the like, preferably by having the uprights 2| surround the rings. I

Concentric with the rings 24 to 29, there are an equal number of rings, but of smaller diameter, indicated by 3i] to 35. These are also equally spaced vertically in the same relationship as the larger rings, but each smaller ring, companion to its larger ring,'is spaced slightly above the larger ring. The smaller, as the larger rings, are made of rods or Wires bent to shape.

Between each outer and inner ring there are disposed four angular members, 40 to 43. Each is made of wire or of a rod bent to shape, so that the angle between the parts is obtuse. Each is made of one rod or one piece of wire formed reentrantly. One leg has its end immediately below an outer ring; this leg inclines upwardly and is bent at 45 at less than 90 to itself, then passes upwardly to 41 where it is again bent, now at 90 to form a web member 48, then is again bent at 90", at 49, then descends and is bent in respect to itself to form an obtuse angle at 50, and finally has its end 5i terminate directly below the outer ring. There are thus formedtwo parallel-like members connected by a web member 48.

These loop members, generally indicated by 40 to 43, have as stated their two free ends immediately below the larger rings, and are secured to the rings by solder or the like. The smaller inner concentric rings 30 to 35 are placed upon the legs of the loop members, spaced from the bend forming the obtuse angle, and connected together by soldering or the like. The web member 48 then extends upwardly beyond the inner rings.

In consequence of the disposition of parts, with the inner rings 30 to 35 raised above the outer rings, and the web portions of the loop members extending above the inner rings, a hat placed over the Web portion 48, rounded as the loop member' is, as shown in Figure 6 at 41 and 49, cannot injure the interior of the hat. By reason of the hats, without one hat interfering with another,

and each hat being visible from all sides and at the top. The pair of horizontal rings are spaced from each other at a distance greater than the height of the hat to be displayed. At thelowermost part of the cage, below the ring 25, a spider made up of spokes 63 is soldered to the ring 25.

The inner ends of the spokes 63 are connected with a ring 60' having opening SI for the rod [0. Above in thecentral, vertically considered, part of the cage, there is provided another spider, this time made of three spokes merging in a central disc 65 with an opening 6|, through which the rod Ill passes. The spokes or legs of this spider are inclined, as seen in Figure 1. The outer and free ends of the legs 82 of the spider are connected .by soldering or the like with the lower surface of a ring, in'this case, with ring 27. The centrally inward ends of the spokes and the central disc fifl'are soldered together, or otherwise secured. When the cage and supporting stand are assembled, the rod in simply passes through the opening 6! of central disc 60' of the lower spider and through the opening 6! of the disc 60 of the upper spider, and the balancing thereby obtained enables the cage to be rotated upon the supporting stand.

Four. uprights, six pairs of rings, twenty-four .compartments have been referred to in order to describe the embodiment of the invention dis closed in the drawing. It is, of .course, clear that a lesser or greater number of these parts may be used.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations, modifications and adaptations as come within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A hat display device comprising a plurality of horizontally disposed pairs of rings, each pair composed of a larger and smaller diameter ring concentric with each other, with the inner ring disposed higher thant'he outer ring, a hat supporting member connecting the rings forming the pair, said hat supporting member having a part extending upwardly from the higher inner ring, to engage the inner portion of a hat, and said. inner and outer ring of each pair making substantially one point contact with the exterior surface of the rim of the hat placed over the upwardly extending hat supporting member, and vertically disposed rods connected with each pair of rings to'hold the pairs of rings in spaced relationship at a distance from each other greater than the height of the hat to be displayed and supported by said hat supporting means.

2. A hat display device comprising a cage consisting of a plurality of horizontally disposed pairs of rings, uprights for holding certain of said rings in position, means connecting the rings of each pair with each other, means extending above each pair of rings to engage the interior of a hat, said uprights and horizontal rings forming compartments, one hat holding means being in each compartment, a support for holding the cage, and p-ivotally connected thereto, to enable the cage to rotate on said support to exhibit the hats in the various compartments. 

